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Post by JoeStag on Mar 7, 2015 10:39:48 GMT -5
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Post by FU73 on Mar 7, 2015 11:54:24 GMT -5
The Rafferty Stadium project began as an idea about four years ago, and was soon identified by the trustees as a project that the school wanted to move forward on, Doris said.
A facility like Rafferty Stadium should give Fairfield an edge in recruiting players to the school and fans to the program.
“Lacrosse has a very unique and passionate fan base,” Doris said, noting that some of the schools trustees are avid fans who attend both high school and college games every week during the season.
Ultimately, though, Rafferty Stadium will help build Fairfield’s profile as a school by raising the profile of its lacrosse program.
“For schools like us, a mid-major, or Johns Hopkins, which is a Division III school that plays up in the Big Ten in lacrosse, to be able to compete against the Ohio States and Michigans is big,” Doris said. “It’s a level playing field we just can’t get in other sports, but in lacrosse, you have schools like ours that can win.”...“It’s similar to what hockey brings, but at a significantly lower cost,” Doris said. He said that aside from the 12.6 athletic scholarships that the school offers to recruited student athletes, the major costs are uniforms, travel and coaching salaries....Hopefully someday someone in Communications, Marketing, Athletics or SID at the University will think to have a picture taken from the smaller East bleachers below the townhouse or from the roof of the WAC of the actual stadium part of Rafferty Stadium and not taking the picture from the stadium looking down at those little bleachers. This "official" photo in the release is not reflective of a $10 million facility: westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/THIS-ONE-Rafferty-Field-600x214.jpg
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Post by Stagophile on Mar 7, 2015 11:59:00 GMT -5
Thank heavens for Coach Copelan and the lacrosse program! Big game today against #6 Yale! GO STAGS!!!
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